Tips and Tricks for more traffic

We've covered all the main traffic sources and strategies in our previous sections. Now we've also compiled a list of all the little tips and tricks you can use to get the more clicks to your site.

Alexa toolbar

Download the Alexa toolbar it's very useful to get an idea of how popular a site actually is and also gives you a host of other stats. If you are running FireFox then there isn't an Alexa toolbar, so here's a trick. Drag the link -> Alexa <- up to your toolbar (the bookmarks toolbar folder to be precise, where you have 'Mozilla FireFox Help'). Now when you want a sites Alexa rank click this link and viola!

Google toolbar

Download the Google toolbar it'll let you know the PR for each site you visit. You can also get a Google PR toolbar for FireFox.

Get FireFox

Download the FireFox browser. It's much safer, and less prone to crash. You should always check that your site displays in FireFox as well as Internet Explorer.

Email Signature

Every email that you send out should have a signature on the bottom... This step is only available to full members.

Join the Community

Your visitors are just people, they are a community, and there will be several communities of them out there... This step is only available to full members.

International phone numbers

Fed up of losing international customers because they don't have a number to phone in their own country... This step is only available to full members.

Landing pages

Not to be confused with doorway pages, if you use these it's probably best to put them in a folder your robots.txt file tells search engines to ignore... This step is only available to full members.

Tell a Friend

It is a good idea to have a TellaFriend script on your site... This step is only available to full members.

BookMark links

Getting your visitors to bookmark your page is a sure way to increase return visits. Seen all those sites that have JavaScript that'll automatically add them to your favorites, but tell you to CTRL+D if you are Mozilla? Well not any more. We've developed a JavaScript routine that when clicked will automatically bookmark your site in almost any browser... This step is only available to full members.